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The point is more that Kane is a number 9. It's rare to play 2 number 9's together. If we bought Salah, I highly doubt anyone would have a problem with us buying someone who is too good.I never understand the mentality of the club with the whole “we can’t have a player as good as Kane because, Kane” idea.
Liverpool have Mane, Firminho, Salah, Jota and Origi.
City had Aguero, Jesus, Foden, Sterling, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Mahrez....
United have Ronaldo, Cavani, Pogba, Fernandez, Sancho, Rashford, Greenwood...
We seem to be the only club who won’t buy decent back up or say that decent back up won’t come to us because we already have one player in that position.
Yes, I get that Kane is one of THE best in his position, but we act like we have to have Kane and we can’t look to replace or add to him until the day after he leaves.
Whereas other clubs bring in quality, to back up their already owned quality. Kane showed in the summer he’s not fussed about pissing us off of it suits him, I don’t like the idea that we won’t bring in quality competition in case it pissed HIM off.
Chelsea have a long list of backup number 9's who have struggled to make an impact as they have their main man and the backup cannot play with them so they rarely get to play. We've had similar issues.
I'd love for us to buy Vlahovic but if we can't sell Kane, or don't want to, then asking how they both fit is a very valid question.